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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Just for fun I put together a quick mock. These are not my rankings, but rather my sense of how the 1st could unfold, with a very brief note on each.

1. Buffalo: Owen Power – I don’t see the Sabres going off the board here
2. Seattle: Matthew Beniers – Ron Francis drafts a guy who seems similar to…Ron Francis
3. Anaheim: William Eklund – Ducks need to continue to re-build their forward base and Eklund fits that
4. New Jersey: Luke Hughes – not just because of the brother connection, but because he has the highest ceiling at this spot and they need what he offers
5. Columbus: Dylan Guenther – Another team that needs to turnover their forward group. Guenther gives them a big weapon up front. I can’t see them going D here but CBJ is hard to predict
6. Detroit: Mason McTavish – A nice compliment to Zadania and Raymond, offering something they don’t.
7. San Jose: Brandt Clarke – nice fit here as Clarke can learn from another rambling offensive dman in Brent Burns
8. LA: Simon Edvinsson – don’t like the upside of the player but he fits with what the Kings need as they are well stocked up front. Could also see the Kings going goalie here.
9. Vancouver: Kent Johnson – Comparisons to Pettersson are just to alluring to pass up for the Nucks.
10. Ottawa: Jesper Wallstedt – I don’t see their future netminder in their system right now. Could easily be Cossa here instead.
11. Arizona: Forfeit – HA HA STUPID YOTES
12. Chicago: Matthew Coronato – Arguably the best pure goal scorer in the draft (or is it Lucius?)
13. Calgary: Cole Sillinger – just seems to fit what they need
14. Philadelphia: Brennan Othmann – Flyers need to prepare for Giroux and Couturier soon moving on or declining.
15. Dallas: Chaz Lucius: bit of a tumble for the sniper, but the slide stops here
16. NYR: Carson Labmos – NYR has a bit of everything but need some help on the blue
17. STL: Fedor Svchkov – Blues grab the 2 way centre
18. WPG: Fabian Lysell – another slider gets grabbed by the Jets who are never afraid to go for skill
19. Nashville: Corson Ceulemans – the d factory grabs another one to develop
20. Edmonton: Sebastian Cossa – they should know him very well and addresses a big need.
21. Boston: Zach L’Heureux – Bruins can’t resist grabbing a kid that has been compared to Brad Marchand
22. Minnesota: Zach Dean – under-rated centre fits Minnesota because he’s kinda dull. Just like them.
23. Detroit: Aatu Ray - 2nd 1st of the round so they can afford to take a gamble, and roll the dice on the kid once thought to be a contender for #1 overall
24. Florida: Nikita Chibrokov – Panthers have never been afraid to draft Russians and he’s arguably the BPA here
25. CBJ: Logan Stankoven - 2nd 1st of the round for the unpredictable Jackets. If Raaty is here they take him, but he’s not so they grab the rising Stankoven.
26. Minnesota: Xaiver Bourgault – the Wild grab another centre, though much different than Dean
27. Carolina: Isak Rosen – A little under-sized but that’s never deterred the Canes
28. Colorado: Francesco Pinelli – at this stage I’m just making stuff up
29. New Jersey: Zach Bodluc
30. Las Vegas: Danil Chayka
31. Montreal: Sasha Pastujov
32. CBJ: Some guy no one has ever heard of

I will be very happy if this is the way it works out.